F-07.13 Pay Attention to & Build Skill with (Greeting & Post) Cards, Announcements, Letters, Notes & Reader Commentary

What’s the Point? Book One: Beginning to Read for Meaning. Part 7: “The Point of Personal Communication: Cards & Letters,” pages 109-122 14 Pages  Who It’s For: Language & Reading Teachers & Students; Whoever’s Interested in Better or Faster Perusal, Perception, & Grasp of “Ordinary, Commonplace Printed Content”                             Why You Need It:  Everyday people usually read “ordinary material”— like what comes in the mail, what’s posted around town, and what appears in the media and online.  Though perhaps “peripheral” to academic reading skills & strategies, material on cards or fliers or in letters is likely to promote social communication. What You’ll / They’ll Do:   [1]  Flip through the 14-page Part 7: The Point of Personal Communication. Think about kinds of notes, cards, and letters you read or write.  Picture them in your mind and/or sketch them quickly on paper.  [2] Read an explanation of “Greeting Cards.” Look at activity instructions.